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Within days of the initial U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026, the world was plunged into an energy crisis. Tehran’s near shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transit each day, amounted to the largest disruption of global energy flows in history, according to the International Energy Agency. Within the first three weeks of the conflict, oil prices rose by 55 percent. Gasoline jumped by roughly a dollar a gallon, and heating oil and jet fuel soared even higher. Many countries began to ration…

A lightweight bout between former title challenger Renato Moicano and the red hot Chris Duncan headlined Saturday’s UFC Vegas 115 main event at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Moicano entered the bout ranked No. 10 in the division and coming off back-to-back loses desperately looking to get back in the win column. Duncan was looking to jump into the rankings and add to his four-fight winning streak with a victory over his teammate “Money Moicano.”Duncan landed two leg kicks to start the fight followed by another. Moicano inched forward and connected with a right hand. Duncan continued to use leg kicks.…

The past several years have produced a quiet but consequential shift in how the United States understands, and fails to understand, time. American strategy has gradually weakened through bureaucratic cuts, institutional downgrades, and political incentives that privilege immediacy over endurance and partisanship over long-term statecraft. The temporary elimination of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment last year is particularly emblematic. Established during the Cold War, the Office was designed to provide the Department of Defense with independent, long-term comparative assessments of U.S. and adversary military capabilities. On paper, its dismantling was framed as an exercise in streamlining. In practice, it…

On April 4, the Pakistan Navy held the induction ceremony for the second Babur-class (PN MILGEM) corvette, the PNS KHAIBAR (F-282), in Karachi. Addressing the induction ceremony of 2nd PN MILGEM Class Corvette PNS KHAIBAR held at Karachi, Adm Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Pakistan Navy, emphasized a strong, balanced and technologically advanced Navy to safeguard SLOCs and maritime interests. According to the social media posts by the Pakistan Navy, Admiral Ashraf underscored that during Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan Navy was poised to sink the Indian Navy Aircraft Carrier, which forced the Indian Navy to remain in retreat in their perceived safe…

Terry Gerton All right, well, ARPA-H has issued a new solicitation for the CIRCLE program. Before I invite you to tell me what CIRCLE is, I want to first talk about the medical conditions that it’s trying to address. What is happening in ICUs? Yoram Vodovotz What is happening is, we call it critical illness. And a lot of people don’t really understand that term because it doesn’t seem to convey a lot of meaning. To make it maybe perhaps a little easier for the audience, think of sepsis, which is the one very core reason that the patients end…

The jerk is one of the most technically demanding movements in Olympic weightlifting. It is also one of the most misunderstood. When athletes reach the stage of choosing between a split jerk and a power jerk, the decision can significantly impact performance, progress, and long term joint health. In this guide to Split Jerk vs Power Jerk, you will learn the key differences, the biomechanics behind each variation, and how to determine which one is best suited to your body and goals. Everything here is grounded in sports science and coaching research, presented in a way that is easy to…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 4:54 PM US intelligence agencies acknowledge that Iran is quickly repairing its “underground missile bunkers” and returning them to operation within hours. The New York Times cited US intelligence reports as saying that Iranian operatives have been digging out the bunkers and silos struck by the US and Israeli airstrikes. Since the US and Israel launched their joint military aggression against Iran on February 28, Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed they have made “substantial progress” in weakening the country’s missile capabilities. The Pentagon also claimed this week that it had struck 11,000 targets…

“It’s like Rubin Observatory is Netflix streaming the movie out to the public, in this case our scientific community,” said Dr. Bob Blum. Terry Gerton April 3, 2026 3:35 pm 9 min read Guest: Dr. Bob Blum Title: Director, Rubin Observatory operations Summary: The launch of Rubin Observatory’s alert system marks a breakthrough in astrophysics, giving scientists a real‑time stream of changes across the sky, from brightening stars to newly spotted asteroids. It’s one of the final steps before the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which will scan the southern sky every night for a decade with unprecedented precision.…

Abstract Drawing lessons from Ukraine, the 2024–2030 MPL accelerates France’s efforts to enhance its drone warfare capabilities through increased spending, technological innovation, and operational training. Investments target loitering munitions, tactical drones, Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MALE UAVs), swarm capabilities, and Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) systems, while cooperation with Ukraine supports rapid adaptation. Budgetary pressures and political uncertainty nonetheless raise doubts about the long-term sustainability of this effort. Introduction Article 34 of the 1958 French Constitution establishes programming laws that set long-term policy frameworks and define multi-year budget orientations—typically spanning 4 to 7 years. The Loi de Programmation Militaire (Military…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 4:45 PM A senior Iranian official has sharply criticized recent claims about the country’s air defense capabilities, suggesting that US President Donald Trump should be removed instead of military commanders. Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, made the remarks in a post on X on Saturday, a day after Iran downed a US fighter jet, an F-15E, over its territory. Rezaei noted that the alleged destruction of Iranian air defense systems was “false,” arguing that recent incidents involving the downing of enemy aircraft demonstrate that such claims were misleading. In…